Max meyeksoh



M. MEYERSON.

FOLDING CARRIER. APrLlcfATloN FILED 1AN.xo, |918.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

INVENTOR is a specication.

@MMD SEMES Peranr orrion.

MAX innxnnsoiv, or. NEW YORK, 1v. Y.

l l :FOLDING CARRIER.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

. lApplication med January'1a1a18. "semina 211,132.

To all whom t may concern Be Vit known that I, MAX lldnrnnsou,l residing at llevv'pYork,V in the county of'NeW York and State of New York, have invented 'certain new and useful Improvements in Folding arriers, of which the following j This invention rel tes to a folding carrier and the object of the invention is to provide a carrier'rwhich maybe made up of lfiber or card board` and y' which is reinforced to sus# tailrheavy strains; 1 A n .y

.,Aifurther .object is to provide a carrier which is particularly adapted for the carrying of suchl articles asca'mp or funeral Y' chairs and the' likeV and which isadapted to be'folded `into a compact strong and attrac- `arrangements of parts and applications of i principles; constituting the invention and the scope of protection contemplated'fwill be indicatedV inthe appended claims',

` In the accompanying drawings which are Vto be taken'as a part of thisspec'ification, and in .which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment ofthe invention: Y v 1 Figure 1 is a perspectiveviewot` avcarrier constructed in accordance with this'invention. the same being shown collapsed. y

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional viewtak'e Fig; 1; n v 1 y, Fig. Vv-is a similar view to that shown 1in Fig. .2 but showing the-carrier partly open." Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view correspond; ing to theshowing in Fig. 3 but the'carrler Abeing fully extended. 1 i Y Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view in topplan showing the carrier'in dotted lines partly extended and in full lines fully extended. 'A Fig. 6 is a sectionallview corresponding to portions'of Fig. 4 but the parts bemg'en- ,larged to disclosethe details o`f`construct1on, and 1 1 Fig. 7 isa similarly enlarged `fragmentary sectional view'of the hinge emploved -for connectingcertain of the parts together. 1 Referring to the" drawings fordescribing fin' detail the structure which is illustrated "thereinlthe reference, character L1 indicates substantially upOIl- 13119 "Plane 05151181 .of

the base portion, the reference character G indicates the body portion, andthe reference character I-I indicates the cover portion.

'Ihe base portion L is of tray shape and includes a bottom wall 1 having 11p-turned `marginal flanges 2. vAt certain points the anges 2 are reinforced bymetallic angle pieces 3 preferably arranged on the outside surface and rigidly i'ixedin position by suitablerivets or the like 4. These are disposed for receiving wear when the parcel is being moved about and 4also for retaining the anges in a proper right angular relation to the bottom wall. Corner irons as 5 are also provided for reinforcing the corners.

The cover part H is identical in shape and construction to the base part except that it Y is slightly larger so as to be able to telescope over the hase portion when the carrier is collapsed Vas clearly seen by reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Y

The body part Gr is made up of a rear wall 6, afront wall 7, and opposite end walls 8. The end walls 8 are each made u of two sections as l9 and 10 hinged together at a central point as 11. The sections 9 are hinged to the rear wall 6 as at- 12 and the sections-10 are hinged to the front wall 7 as at 13. By this arrangement the front wall 7 may be moved toward or away from the rear wall 6 by the simple ,expedient of bowing inwardly the sections of the end vwalls 8, as clearly shown b v the dotted lines in Fig. 5. The rear wall 6 is hinged at its lower edgeto the adjacent flange 2 of the base portion-L as at 14 so that it may swing from the position shown in Fig. 3, downwardly into the base portion as shown in Fig. 2. V'Ihe front wall 7 is provided with one or more eyeletsI oropenings 15 adapted to receive one or'more retaining members 16 whicharecarried by the front flange 2 of the base portion. l 1

. The retaining members 16 may be of any desired'construction and are adapted to ex- -tendthrough the openings 15 and to provide easily releasable inter-engagement Vwith the front wall 7 such that said wall 7 may be moved into and out ofits fully extended position at will and such that when said wall isv in its fully extended lposition it will be suitably retained against displacement ex-l tallic U-shaped binding strips as17 if de-- sired. 1n fact these binding strips maybe employed as reinforcing elementsforvreceiving rivet connection, as for instance where the rivets as 18 retain the hinges 14 fixed to0 the rear wall 6.

l The hinges 14talso may be providedwithf may be arranged at any suitable points but preferably are arranged so that their opposite ends coincide with the position ofthe angle braces 3 of the base and top portions,

thus to transmit vertical strains directly to these reinforcing and -wear resisting elements. Y

. The axis of the hinges-14 is arranged in a plane somewhat above the upper surface of the bottom wall 1 of the base portion so as to afford ample space for the parts of the body portion when the body portion is y thrown down. The reinforcing strips 20,

however, are of a length so that when the body portion is in vertical position said strips extend below the body portion into engagement with the bottoniwall 1, as most clearly seen in Fig. 6. Preferably theyare .mounted to slide upwardly when required to accommodate the downward swinging of the body member.

If desired of course the reinforcing strips 20 may be positioned exteriorly of the wall of the body member. e

The hinge 14 is preferably of meta-l and may be continuous,throughout the vlength of the lower edge of the body member or it may be inl sections as illustrated. f

The type of hinge employed for connect.- ing the wall members of the body portion together is clearly illustrated in Fig. 7, and comprises a strip 21 of flexible material such as canvas or the like held by its opposite longitudinal edges to the edges of adjacent portions of the walls hinged. Strips as 22 ofcard board or the like extend along the opposite edges of the member 21 and serve to receive rivets 23 which vextend through .the wall members, through the-member 21, andthrough said strips. In this way a continuous strong and substantial hinge is provided. The hinges 11, 12 and 13 are preferably constructed in this manner. All 4of the wall members described are preferably formed of thin sheet card board l* vor fiber board which may be varnished or otherwise finished at one or both of its surfaces so as to produce an attractive appearance'. The reinforcing elements above described are so arranged as to maintainthe shape of this material and so as to prevent collapse or buckling of any` of the parts under such stresses or strains as may be applied in ordinary use. f As many changes could be madevin this construction without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, itis intended that all matter contained inthe above description or4 shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desirev to secureV by Letters Patent is :f `j Y 1. A folding carrier comprising'a base portion in the form of a tray, a body porv tion pivotally connected to swing into and out ofsaid tray, the body portion including collapsible parts, a hinge providing the pivotal connection between the bodyl portion and said tray, said hinge beingarranged to deiinea space Within the trayfor accommodating the collapsible parts of the body portion when said collapsibleparts arefcol- 90 lapsed, kand to support the body part away from the bottom wall ofthe 4tray whensaid collapsible parts are not collapsed.

2. A folding carrier comprising a base Y L portion inthe form of atray, a bodyfportion pivotally connectedthereto, the body Vportion including collapsibleparts, a hinge providing the pivotal connection between the body portionV and the tray, said hinge being ar- Y ranged, toV support the body portion away from the bottom wall of the tray when said collapsible parts vare not collapsed, l and Vree taining Vmeans cOperatiVe betweenrthe tray and the Ybody portion of. a character to retain the body portion in non-collapsed position and also to serve as an auxiliaryJto the hingein I supporting the body portion away from the bottom wall of thel tray.V

V3. A folding carrier4 comprising a base portion. and a. bodv portion, the body portion including collapsiblel parts, a V'hinge pivotally connecting the body portion! with thebase portion` said hinge being connected at one Vside onlygof the body portion so that said body portion may VV'swing asian 115 entity upon said hinge, and saidhinge serving directly to support said side'of the body portion'away from the bottom wall ofthe base portion when said collapsible parts are not collapsed, and other means Afor supporting the opposite side of the body" portion away from said bottom Wall of the base portion when said body portion is not collapsed. Y

4. A folding carrier comprisinga base 1 portion and a body portion, thebody portion comprising collapsible parts, means for connecting the body portion to therbase portion operable when the bodv portionis not collapsed to support the'body portion Yabove Y. the bettem Wall ef the has@ POI'OD e @over 13 portion, and reinforcing strips for the body portion extending throughout the height of i the body portion into engagement With both said cover portion and the bottom Wall of said base portion when the body portion is not collapsed.

5. A folding carrier comprising a base portion in the form of a tray, a body portion comprising collapsible parts, a plurality of angle brackets fixed to the tray disposed for reinforcing the side Walls thereof, a cover portion, a plurality of reinforcing members carried by the cover portion and a plurality of reinforcing members carried by the body portion extending throughout the height of the body portion and having their opposite ends disposed in coperative relation with the angle brackets of the base portion and the reinforcing members of the cover portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.V

MAX MEYERSON. Witnesses: 4

L. GEssroRD HANDY, SEBASTIAN AUMJILER. 

